A work made of album leaf, inks and color on paper..

Landscape

Shibata Zeshin · Meiji period ( 1868–1912)

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Palette

Dark olive
70% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.9:1

Dark chocolate
10% of the image
Black · text contrast 18.6:1

Silver
10% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.9:1

Bistre
6% of the image
Brown · text contrast 15.6:1

Olive brown
2% of the image
Green · text contrast 6.2:1

Warm grey
1% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.7:1

Colours measured by this site from the museum image (k-means in CIELAB). Names are the nearest in our own list and describe how the colour looks, not the pigment. Text on each chip uses whichever of black or white contrasts more (WCAG ratio shown). How

Details

Artist: Shibata Zeshin
Date: Meiji period ( 1868–1912)
Type: Painting
Medium: Album leaf, inks and color on paper.
Place: Japan
Period: 19th century
Themes: Landscapes
Main colour: Brown · lightness 28, colourfulness 19

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Barancik. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules